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FARM PRODUCTS ^^^ 



Boston, Mass. — The November average 

 weighted price for 3.5% milk in the 

 191-200 mile zone was $2.03 per cwt. 

 Retail milk price delivered 13c per quart. 

 Store price 12c. 



Employees of the Peoria Producers 



Dairy and their wives. Farm Bureau 

 Presidents and Advisers of Peoria and 

 Tazewell counties, and Directors of 

 the Dairy attended a banquet in the 

 Peoria Y.W.C.A. January' 16. Geo. 

 Metzger, field secretary of -the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association, Ryland Cap- 

 ron, president of the Dairy and Wil- 

 fred Shaw, milk marketing director of 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association, 

 addressed the group of over 100 per- 

 sons. L. W. Kosanke, manager, pre- 

 sided. 



Forrest Fairchild, manager of the 

 McLean County Milk Producers Asso- 

 ciation, reports that on or about March 

 1, that Association is planning to sup- 

 ply 2000 new ten gallon milk cans to 

 their 500 member shippers. These cans 

 will be purchased by the association 

 and sold to members to entirely replace 

 the present cans now used by the pro- 

 ducers which belong to the dairies. 



"Do Dairymen Want a Sute Milk Control 



Law?" was the topic for discussion at the 

 Dairy Conference at the Farm and Home 

 Conference at the University of Illinois. 

 Those participating in the discussion were: 

 Dr. R. W. Bartlett of the University, G. H. 

 Ekhoff of Pure Milk, E. W. Tiedeman and 

 A. D. Lynch of Sanitary Milk Producers, 

 Hugh Mainland of Rockford, Chas. Smith, 

 AAA of Chicago, Fred Shipley, AAA of 

 St. Louis and Wilfred Shaw, Sec'y of the 

 IMPA of Chicago. 



The Producers' Creamery of Olney has 



found that its 2c Grade "A" premium, in 

 effect since last July, is paying its way. 

 It has caused patrons to become quality con- 

 scious to such an extent that the volume of 

 "A" grade butterfat increased from 8,522 lbs. 

 to 26,194 lbs. during the first three months 

 of the fiscal years 1938 and 1939. 



The county Farm Bureaus in the Olney 



Creamery district are cooperating in an ex- 

 tensive drive for more patronage. All have 

 appointed local county and township com- 



FEBRUARY. 1939 



mittees to work with the creamery in their 

 territory. Results of this new campaign 

 have already been realized. One route in 

 Jasper county doubled its patrons during the 

 first two weeks of January. Encouraging 

 results have been shown in other counties 

 where these committees have started func- 

 tioning. 



Producers' Creamery of Olney is finding 

 it difficult to supply their dried milk sales. 

 At present they are drying about 10,000 lbs. 

 per month. 



A campaign to increase volume of butter- 

 fat at the Producers' Creamery of Champaign 

 is in full swing. A number of meetings 

 were held in November and December. A 

 Champaign county meeting was held on 

 January 6 followed with field work by a 

 number of patrons. 



A meeting was held in Clark county on 

 January 13. A dinner was served at Tus- 

 cola on January 17 for the Cream Committee 

 of Douglas county. Miss Knobloch, presi- 

 dent of the Home Bureau and Miss Hepler, 

 Home Adviser, were guests. Plans have 

 been made for another meeting and pot- 

 luck supper on Friday, February 3. The Piatt 

 county cream committee had a meeting on 

 January 18 and Vermilion county on Jan- 

 uary 20. Meetings are scheduled for Cham- 

 paign county on January 24, Coles county 

 January 25, Iroquois county January 27, 

 (afternoon) and Clark county (evening). 

 Two meetings of Farm Advisers relative to 

 the Creamery have been held. 



On January 4, Shelby county cream pro- 

 ducers made a tour of the Producers' Cream- 

 ery of Champaign. Thirty-six patrons in- 

 spected the plant and were served lunch. An 

 hour program was held after lunch. Volume 

 of butterfat is already showing some in- 

 crease. Byron McDuffee, truck salesman, 

 attended a unit meeting at Longview on the 

 evening of January 18. All cream pro- 

 ducers present who were not patrons agreed 

 to send their cream to the Producers' Cream- 

 ery of Champaign. 



An example of the wide variation in vol- 

 ume of butterfat received from month to 

 month in cooperative creameries is seen 

 in the annual report of Farmers Creamery 

 Company of Bloomington, largest unit of 

 Illinois Producers Creameries. 



During June of the past fiscal year, the 

 peak month, practically twice as much but- 

 terfat came to the plant as was churned in 

 November, the low month. 



With most of the plant overhead remain- 

 ing constant, it is no small problem to make 

 adjustments which will accommodate this 

 variation without interfering with plant 

 efficiency. It is almost impossible to show 

 a profit during low months, and often the 

 struggle is to avoid a loss, said Forrest Fair- 

 child, manager. 



(Continued on page 22} 



Fruits and 

 Vegetables 



The Department of Horticulture, Univer- 

 sity of Illinois has arranged with county 

 Farm Bureaus to hold fruit growers' schools 

 within the next few months. Get in touch 

 with your Countv Farm Bureau office to 

 determine the date and location of the fruit 

 growers' school to be held in your county. 

 At the State Teachers College, Carbondale, 

 a Farmer's Short Course was held on Feb- 

 ruary 6- 10th and on February 7 and 8th, 

 the program was especially devoted to horti- 

 culture. 



Apple growers feel that their industry is 

 confronted with many tough problems. A 

 recent visit into the Rio Grande Valley of 

 Texas convinces us that the troubles are not 

 all confined to the apple industry. Heavy 

 production of grapefruit and oranges in 

 California, Arizona, Texas and Florida have 

 resulted in extreme low prices and the 

 problems of the citrus industry are just 

 as serious as in the apple industry. Much 

 of the acreage and tonnage produced in 

 the Rio Grande Valley is marketed thru 

 the Rio Grande Citrus Growers Exchange, a 

 cooperative with headquarters at Weslaco, 

 Texas. This central sales agency markets 

 the fruit for growers in twenty local associa- 

 tions and utilizes its surplus and lower 

 grades thru a large juicing plant.. 



Favorable weather conditions throughout 



the fruit producing areas during December 

 and early January has made it possible for 

 most growers to complete their dormant 

 spraying. According to Harry Allen of the 

 Fruit Exchange Supply Company, early in- 

 quiries about nitrogen fertilizers indicate 

 that tree fruit growers intend to carry out 

 a proper program of orchard fertilization 

 early in the spring of 1939. 



After securing sufficient capital to finance 



the construction of an 18.000 bushel sweet 

 potato storage house. Miss Thea Saodo, 

 secretary of the Pope County Sweet Potato 

 Coop. Assn., at Golconda, encouraged farm- 

 ers in that area to plant sweet potatoes. 

 Miss Sando has sold the last years crop 

 of more than 5,000 bushels at the potato 

 house. Miss Sando is a member of the Pope 

 County Farm Bureau and appreciates the 

 assistance given her in organizing the sweet 

 potato cooperative. Other cash crops will 

 be added to the program this year. 



It pays to buy labeled seed from a reliable 

 seed dealer or a person whose reputation 

 is known. 



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